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About the Symbolic Engine in Mathcad Prime 6.0
PTC Mathcad Prime 6.0.0.0 uses a symbolic engine that replaces the legacy symbolic engine used in earlier releases of PTC Mathcad Prime.
By default, the symbolic engine introduced in PTC Mathcad Prime 6.0.0.0 is used when creating a new worksheet, or when opening a worksheet from an earlier release.
• The following message appears when you open a worksheet created in an earlier release of PTC Mathcad Prime and contains symbolic evaluations in the worksheet or in any include regions:
This document was created with a prior version of PTC Mathcad Prime and contains symbolic evaluation. PTC Mathcad Prime 6.0.0.0 uses new symbolic engine and results of symbolic evaluation may look different. Read more about symbolic engine changes.
• The above message also appears when you open a converted worksheet that contains symbolic evaluations.
Switching Between Symbolic Engines
In PTC Mathcad Prime 6.0.0.0, you can revert to the legacy symbolic engine that is available in earlier releases of PTC Mathcad Prime.
1. On the Calculation tab, click Calculation Options > Legacy Symbolic Engine.
2. On the Calculation tab, click Calculate to see the results of switching to the Legacy Symbolic Engine.
Clicking Legacy Symbolic Engine switches between the symbolic engine in PTC Mathcad Prime 6.0.0.0 and the legacy symbolic engine in earlier releases of PTC Mathcad Prime. When the legacy symbolic engine is selected, the status bar displays .
It is recommended to use the symbolic engine introduced in PTC Mathcad Prime 6.0.0.0 when creating worksheets. The legacy symbolic engine will be deprecated in a future release.
Symbolic Topics and Examples in Help
In PTC Mathcad Prime 6.0.0.0 Help you can see the new symbolic engine results in all topics and examples that contain symbolic evaluation.
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